Women represent only 10% of the construction industry workforce, but their number is growing. The new Women in the Labour Market Report 2023-2024 found that the number of women in construction surged from 6,600 in 2014 to 18,000 in 2024. Women can find a place for themselves in all sorts of male-dominated environments.”Patricia Brouder is equally adamant that construction is for women. So she became Ireland’s first qualified female plasterer in 2002 and worked as a plasterer from the ages of 17 to 28. Nobody’s limited view of gender should define anyone’s future.”White also stresses the potential construction has for women.

Source: Irish Examiner March 06, 2026 02:02 UTC